For College Ministers summer brings a bit of a change in schedule and pace for most. I believe it is a key time for investing in your growth and development as a College Minister and spiritual leader. Here are 10 suggestions for your summer. Pick out and order four books that you will read over […]
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What is Collegiate Collective? Collegiate Collective set out a few months ago to reinvent the way that leaders in college ministry connect to and share ideas for reaching students with the gospel. On May 7, we’re rolling out a brand new web resource to enable anyone and everyone who is engaged in ministering to college
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If you’re anything like me, witnessing comes super-easily. It seems I can winsomely turn every conversation I have back to the foundations of the gospel, have people laughing, nodding their head in agreement, crying, and saying, “Amen!” within just a few minutes. I quote a verse, and people cry out, “Please, more truth, Ben!” I
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Students live very busy lives. How do you fit the commands of Jesus to “make disciples”, “love the Lord your God will all your heart, soul, mind and strength” and “love your neighbor as yourself” into classes, work, and extracurricular activities. The key is what Jesus says in Matthew 28:19, “As you are going…” Living
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Frozen. It’s not just the name of a new movie about sisterly love…it’s also that word which describes how we often respond to uncomfortable situations. I’m going to put myself out there (hoping I’m not the only one) but one of the spaces where I most often experience frozenness (is that even a word) is in sharing my
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Check out these ideas for ministering to freshmen and transfer students from our friends at Virginia Tech’s BCM! “One of the largest freshmen events we have during fall semester is Freshman Transfer Leadership Team (FTLT). This is an eight week program for freshmen and transfers to plan and execute “taking-over” the BCM for a week.
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IMB Student Stories… When I served through the IMB Students Hands On program in Asia in the fall of 2013, one of my closest friends was RiRi*. She comes from a Muslim family and is very devoted to her religion. She is always concerned about the time to pray. Since she is a college student
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7 Tips for Connecting Students to God through Prayer 1. Help students experience intimacy with their heavenly Father. Students who have had a poor or painful experience with an earthly father often have great difficulty wanting to get close to their heavenly Father. This is huge challenge due to the disintegration of family life
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Did you know you can give to the BSU Advancement Fund online? It is a great way to support on-going collegiate ministry in the emerging regions for years to come! These gifts help: Fund evangelistic events on campuses Provide training retreats for campus minister Supplement the salaries of campus workers raising their own support Start
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No one likes the word study. But eat? Everyone enjoys it! That’s how we take God’s Word in. We digest it. The healthiest Christians, happiest too, are those who sit down to a daily meal of Bible. They’ve figured it out. Spiritual energy, a cheerful spirit, a reprogrammed mind come when we feed on the
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